Mecanum. What's Best - Chief Delphi

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Re: Mecanum. What's Best

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Originally Posted by apalrd

Not necessarily. For a crab-drive to turn better, it requires 4-wheel independent steering and driving, with complex software and driver interfaces (the second is harder) to align each wheel with it's arc, and drive it at the correct speed.

Not necessarily. Just add two more wheels and drop the center ones and you can turn like any other skid steer bot.

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